A Modern Reader On The Chinese Classics Of Flower Arrangement

Author : Zhang Deqian,Yuan Hongdao
Publisher : Shanghai Press
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2018-10-02
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 1602200351

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A Modern Reader on the Chinese Classics of Flower Arrangement by Zhang Deqian,Yuan Hongdao Pdf

In China, flower arrangement is a venerable art with records dating back to the early Zhou Dynasty, the Spring and Autumn Period, and the Warring States Period, roughly between 11th century BC and 3rd century BC. This volume brings together two celebrated Ming Dynasty texts, On Vase Flower Arrangement by Zhang Qiande (1577-1643) and History of Vases by Yuan Hongdao (1568-1610). The latter of which was translated into Japanese and deeply impacted that country's tradition of flower arrangement. Uniting the two famous books, horticulture scholar Li Xia provides contemporary readers with a theoretical framework for evaluating flowers, selecting vases, and appreciating the time-honed techniques of Chinese flower arrangement. A Modern Reader on the Chinese Classics of Flower Arrangement includes images of several hundred Chinese paintings, documenting the rise of flower arrangement in China. By the Song Dynasty, flower arrangement was widely regarded it as one of the four arts of literati leisure, along with tea brewing, incense burning, and scroll-painting. Li Xia also highlights aspects of Chinese culture hidden behind flower arrangement, offering insights into its historic, aesthetic, and philosophical underpinnings as well as a model textbook for flower arrangers at all stages of practice.

Author : Mark Dean Johnson,Dakin Hart
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2019-05-14
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780520970922

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The Saburo Hasegawa Reader by Mark Dean Johnson,Dakin Hart Pdf

At publication date, a free ebook version of this title will be available through Luminos, University of California Press's Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more. The Hasegawa Reader is an open access companion to the bilingual catalogue copublished with The Noguchi Museum to accompany an international touring exhibition, Changing and Unchanging Things: Noguchi and Hasegawa in Postwar Japan. The exhibition features the work of two artists who were friends and contemporaries: Isamu Noguchi and Saburo Hasegawa. This volume is intended to give scholars and general readers access to a wealth of archival material and writings by and about Saburo Hasegawa. While Noguchi’s reputation as a preeminent American sculptor of the twentieth century only grows stronger, Saburo Hasegawa is less well known, despite being considered the most literate artist in Japan during his lifetime (1906–1957). Hasegawa is credited with introducing abstraction in Japan in the mid 1930s, and he worked as an artist in diverse media including oil and ink painting, photography, and printmaking. He was also a theorist and widely published essayist, curator, teacher, and multilingual conversationalist. This valuable trove of Hasegawa material includes the entire manuscript for a 1957 Hasegawa memorial volume, with its beautiful essays by philosopher Alan Watts, Oakland Museum Director Paul Mills, and Japan Times art writer Elise Grilli, as well as various unpublished writings by Hasegawa. The ebook edition will also include a dozen essays by Hasegawa from the postwar period, and one prewar essay, professionally translated for this publication to give a sense of Hasegawa’s voice. This resource will be an invaluable tool for scholars and students interested in midcentury East Asian and American art and tracing the emergence of contemporary issues of hybridity, transnationalism, and notions of a “global Asia."

Author : Caomu Li
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 142 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2020-01-03
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1487803699

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The Art of Chinese Flower Arrangement by Caomu Li Pdf

Inspired by the author's passion for Chinese flower arranging, this book provides a solid introduction to the practice, as well as a comprehensive overview of its history and culture. Written in a highly accessible style and containing a wealth of visual references for students and enthusiasts, it is a must for anyone wishing to broaden their knowledge of this unique art form.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 449 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2016-09
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780773599444

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The Flowering of Modern Chinese Poetry by Anonim Pdf

The May Fourth Movement launched an era of turmoil and transformation in China, as Western ideas and education encroached on the Confucian traditions at the root of Chinese society. The Republican period (1919–49) witnessed an outpouring of poetry in a form and style new to China, written in the common people’s language, baihua ("plain speech"). The New Poetry broke with the centuries-old tradition of classical poetry and its intricate forms, and the rise of China’s modern poetry reflects the rise of modern China. The Flowering of Modern Chinese Poetry presents English translations of over 250 poems by fifty poets, including a rich selection of poetry by women writers, to provide a nuanced picture of the rapid development of vernacular verse in China from its emergence during the May Fourth Movement, through the years of the Japanese invasion, to the Communist victory in the Civil War in 1949. Michel Hockx introduces the historical and literary contexts of the various schools of vernacular poetry that developed throughout the period – the pioneers, formalists, symbolists, "peasants and soldiers" poets, and Shanghai poets of the late 1940s. Each selection of verse begins with a biographical sketch of the author’s life and literary career, including their roles in the Civil War and Japanese occupation. Introducing English readers to master poets who are virtually unknown to Western audiences, this anthology presents a collection of verse written in an age of struggle that attests to the courage, sensitivity, and imagination of the Chinese people.

Author : Michiko Suzuki
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2023-08-31
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780824896935

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Reading the Kimono in Twentieth-Century Japanese Literature and Film by Michiko Suzuki Pdf

Often considered an exotic garment of “traditional Japan,” the kimono is in fact a vibrant part of Japanese modernity, playing an integral role in literature and film throughout the twentieth century. Reading the Kimono in Twentieth-Century Japanese Literature and Film is the first extended study to offer new ways of interpreting textual and visual narratives through “kimono language”—what these garments communicate within their literary, historical, and cultural contexts. Kimonos on the page and screen do much more than create verisimilitude or function as one-dimensional symbols. They go beyond simply indicating the wearer’s age, gender, class, and taste; as eloquent, heterogeneous objects, they speak of wartime and postwar histories and shed light on everything from gender politics to censorship. By reclaiming “kimono language”—once a powerful shared vernacular—Michiko Suzuki accesses inner lives of characters, hidden plot points, intertextual meanings, resistant messages, and social commentary. Reading the Kimono examines modern Japanese literary works and their cinematic adaptations, including Tanizaki Jun’ichirō’s canonical novel, The Makioka Sisters, and its film versions, one screened under the US Occupation and another directed by Ichikawa Kon in 1983. It also investigates Kōda Aya’s Kimono and Flowing, as well as Naruse Mikio’s 1956 film adaptation of the latter. Reading the Kimono additionally advances the study of women writers by discussing texts by Tsuboi Sakae and Miyao Tomiko, authors often overlooked in scholarship despite their award-winning, bestselling stature. Through her analysis of stories and their afterlives, Suzuki offers a fresh view of the kimono as complex “material” to be read. She asks broader questions about the act of interpretation, what it means to explore both texts and textiles as inherently dynamic objects, shaped by context and considered differently over time. Reading the Kimono is at once an engaging history of the modern kimono and its representation, and a significant study of twentieth-century Japanese literature and film.

Author : Yongchuan Huang
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 207 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Flower arrangement, Chinese
ISBN : 0939117010

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The Art of Traditional Chinese Flower Arranging by Yongchuan Huang Pdf

Author : Andrew N. Nelson
Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
Page : 1112 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2014-09-08
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9781462904785

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Original Modern Reader's Japanese-English Character Dictiona by Andrew N. Nelson Pdf

"The Japanese government may someday recognizeù as it ought toùTuttle's contribution to creating an intelligent interest in Japan among the Englishûreading public, and deepening understanding of Japanese overseas."ùHokubei Mainichi (San Francisco) Awarded the 1969 Prize for the Society of the Promotion of International Cultural Relations, this is the most comprehensive Japanese book of its kind. Containing JapaneseûEnglish and EnglishûJapanese sections, it is an essential reference tool for serious students studying the Japanese language or for business people and tourists wishing to learn Japanese before they travel. Special features include: Lists over 5,000 carefully selected characters with their 10,000+ current readings and almost 70,000 compounds in current use, al with concise English definitions. Scientifically arranged by a logical extension of the traditional radical system so as to make the finding of a given character almost foolûproof, saving hours of time. Makes provision for quickly finding characters either in their traditional or their modern and often greatly altered forms, thus serving for both prewar and postwar literature. Includes 14 valuable appendices giving (1) instructions for the most efficient use of the book, (2) discussions of the written language in general and particularly of its recent and farûreaching official modifications, and (3) much helpful

Author : Pei-yin Lin
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 359 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2017-04-03
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9789004344501

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Colonial Taiwan by Pei-yin Lin Pdf

This book provides a refreshing and comprehensive analysis on colonial Taiwanese literature. It accentuates its thematic and stylistic richness, challenges the reductive “collaboration-resistance” binary, and calls for a multifaceted literary commonwealth.

Author : Ping Wang
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 490 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2021-08-26
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9789811238130

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Selected Reading Of Li Shizhen's Medical Works: The Chinese Materia Medica Ben Cao Gang Mu by Ping Wang Pdf

Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) contains an extensive knowledge that the Chinese nation has accumulated through practical experimentation and theoretical research in treating diseases and promoting health over a period of thousands of years. Throughout the history, many TCM theorists, experts, and pharmacists have contributed valuable works. The most representative of them was Li Shizhen with his Ben Cao Gang Mu (Compendium of Materia Medica), which was praised by Charles Darwin as an 'encyclopaedia' of ancient China and was selected into Memory of the World Register by UNESCO in 2011.This book is divided into two parts: the introduction and the selected reading of the original work of Ben Cao Gang Mu. In the introductory part, the life story, academic characteristics and main contributions of Li Shizhen are illustrated, and suggested learning methods of the book are recommended. In the selected reading part, five aspects are mainly discussed: original preface and memorial to the throne, essence of Li Shizhen's medical theories, treatment of various diseases, Li Shizhen's medical records and medical notes, and health preservation. Apart from the selected reading from Ben Cao Gang Mu, theoretical exposition and modern application are supplemented in each chapter so as to improve readers' theoretical knowledge and ability of practical problem-solving.

Author : Lap Lam
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2023-12-28
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9789004538924

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Cultural Transplantation: The Writing of Classical Chinese Poetry in Colonial Singapore (1887‒1945) by Lap Lam Pdf

Classical-style poetry in modern China and other Sinitic-speaking localities is attracting greater attention with the recent upsurge in academic revision of modern Chinese literary history. Using the concept of cultural transplantation, this monograph attempts to illustrate the uniqueness, compatibility, and adaptability of classical Chinese poetry in colonial Singapore as well as its sustained connections with literary tradition and homeland. It demonstrates how the reading of classical Chinese poetry can better our understanding of Singapore’s political, social, and cultural history, deepen knowledge of the transregional relationship between China and Nanyang, and fine-tune, redress, and enrich our perception of Singapore Chinese literature, Sinophone literature, the Chinese diaspora, and global Chinese identity.

Author : Cai Zhongjuan
Publisher : Shanghai Press
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2017-04-18
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 1602200262

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The Art of Chinese Flower Arrangement by Cai Zhongjuan Pdf

This colorful flower arranging book features instructions and designs from one of the world's greatest living masters. Asian flower arranging originated in ancient China where it then spread to Japan, Korea and beyond. As influenced by the philosophy of "harmony between man and nature," Chinese flower arrangement advocates for nature to represent life, emphasizes composition to display vividness, and focuses on connotation to exhibit artistic concepts. Gradually, these become the characteristics of Chinese flower arrangement—the beauty of nature and composition which are entirely different from the beauty of western decorative styles. This book records the origin and development of Chinese flower arrangement. Besides the principle of composition, techniques of modeling, and configuration of flowers and materials, you will also discover the methods of production and ten actual flower arrangement projects. You can either follow the lessons step by step or capture the ideas and be inspired to develop your own flower arrangement artwork.

Author : Sandra Gilgan
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2022-02-22
Category : Education
ISBN : 9789004511651

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Utopia in the Revival of Confucian Education by Sandra Gilgan Pdf

Utopia in the Revival of Confucian Education investigates the classics-reading movement in contemporary Chinese society by examining how people re-forge lost bonds with tradition in the revival of Confucian education and strive towards their ideal future, while seeking to overcome the problems of the present.

Author : Alain Touwaide
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2023-12-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9781350259287

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A Cultural History of Plants in the Post-Classical Era by Alain Touwaide Pdf

A Cultural History of Plants in the Post-Classical Era covers the period from 500 to 1400, ranging across northern and central Europe to the Mediterranean, and from the Byzantine and Arabic Empires to the Persian World, India, and China. This was an age of empires and fluctuating borders, presenting a changing mosaic of environments, populations, and cultural practices. Many of the ancient uses and meanings of plants were preserved, but these were overlaid with new developments in agriculture, landscapes, medicine, eating habits, and art. The six-volume set of the Cultural History of Plants presents the first comprehensive history of the uses and meanings of plants from prehistory to today. The themes covered in each volume are plants as staple foods; plants as luxury foods; trade and exploration; plant technology and science; plants and medicine; plants in culture; plants as natural ornaments; the representation of plants. Alain Touwaide is Scientific Director at the Institute for the Preservation of Medical Traditions, Washington, D.C., USA. A Cultural History of Plants in the Post-Classical Era is the second volume in the six-volume set, A Cultural History of Plants, also available online as part of Bloomsbury Cultural History, a fully-searchable digital library (see www.bloomsburyculturalhistory.com). General Editors: Annette Giesecke, University of Delaware, USA, and David Mabberley, University of Oxford, UK.

Author : Georgie Davidson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : Flower arrangement, Japanese
ISBN : OCLC:1300816145

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Classical Ikebana by Georgie Davidson Pdf

Author : Pingyuan Chen
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2021-01-28
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9789813348899

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A Historical Study of Early Modern Chinese Fictions (1890—1920) by Pingyuan Chen Pdf

This book contains a classic guide to historical study of early modern Chinese fiction from the late Qing Dynasty till early republican China. It does not merely study the new fiction writing in China, which was strongly influenced by the western fiction, but also draws a comparison between classical Chinese fiction and the early modern Chinese fiction. This book is an excellent reference in the study of early modern Chinese literature since it conveys a point of view to the readers with abundant and solid historical materials. At the heart of the book, it is the matter of a specific value in trans-cultural studies between the western world and China.